Expat relocation services Barcelona
We are a local expat relocation agency.
We simplify your relocation process.
Get local expertise on your side.
You will have a trouble free relocation.
We defend your interests at all times.
Spanish - English - German - Italian spoken.
Lista de servicios
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Introductory meetingElemento de lista 1
Briefing call to understand customer needs, expectations, criteria and budget.
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House findingElemento de lista 2
Whether you are looking for a short or long-term solution, we manage your contract negotiations, and all the documentation related to your property.
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Check inElemento de lista 3
We care that your home is ready for living. from the very first day!
Property check, inventory, utilities registration.
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Settling in
Get advice about housekeeping, babysitters, maintenance services. You will receive information from your neighbourhood, maps, shopping areas, transportation, clubs and religious establischments.
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House maintenance
We provide assistance in case of repair of water, electricity or gas installations
If you don’t permanently reside in your house in Spain we can regularly check your home, organize cleaning and check mail.
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Registration
An international relocation often means finding your way through a complex bureaucratic labyrinth. Spanish burocracy is tedious. Our local immigration experts will guide you expertly through the process.of registering in goverment offices
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Professional services
Let us help you to open a bank account, select a laywer, an accountant or a doctor. Also to look for vehicles rent or assistance.
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Inmigration services
Our experts help you succeed by introducing you and your family to the most suitable visa and work permit option, and the required documentation to obtain them.
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Check out
Departing from a location requires a lot of tying up of loose ends in a short amount of time. Allow us to help you organize all of your closing of accounts during this busy period.
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Education
Together with education experts, we help you find and compare educational centers, taking into consideration tuition fees, curriculum, admission requirements, and more.
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Property management
Once you have purchased your property, we can help you to manage your property, finding reliable tenants, creating rental contracts and clarifying your responsibilities and legal requirements.
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Business infrastructure
Are you a company looking to open a new office in one of Europe’s start-up capitals? We can find you an office, help your team to find apartments, and guide you through the visa process.
Introductory meeting
- Briefing call to understand customer's needs, expectations, criteria and budget
- Cost and quality of living indexes
- Introduction to the local real estate market, rental terms and practices
- Provide descriptions and pictures of properties in residential areas
- Schools overview
- Useful information about the city, lifestyle and cultural awareness guidance
- Orientation tour through Barcelona and region
Moving home should be exciting, not daunting, which is why we offer an all-inclusive area orientation service designed to help you settle into a new country or city with ease.
Our team of moving experts will connect you with your personal single point of contact, whose job it is to ensure your move is as seamless as possible.
Once they’ve assessed your moving needs, they’ll match you with a local expert who will curate a personalised tour of your new location. We’ll even offer a custom ‘preview trip’ to help you visualise what life is like in your new place.
House finding
- Information on housing market
- Temporary housing while we conclude negotiations
- Preselect properties according client's requirements
- Provide properties report with links, descriptions, pictures and videos
- Visit selected properties, with client if requested
- Contract lease terms: advice, negotiate and assist until contract signature.
- Contract buying terms: advice, negotiate and assist until contract signature (reserve, deposit agreement (earnest money contract), purchase deed)
- If you book in the distance, we assist locally to ensure a safe booking and money transfer
- Inform your rights and obligations as a tenant
We provide you a complete and personalized home search service.
Our advanced tools and exclusive network of agencies and contacts become an advantage within the local market.
You want to have your relocating employees on the job and productive as soon as possible. In certain situations, companies may not want employees worrying about the purchase of a new home in an unfamiliar area. We help relocating employees get into a new one, including the intricate services in between like home marketing, temporary housing, or property management, in a time frame that's ideally suited to their relocation.
Don’t hesitate to be specific about what you want from your new property. Need a swimming pool? Space for pets? What about easy access to nearby amenities? Whatever type of home you’re looking for, our experts ensure your dream property becomes a reality.
Education
- Intake interview to choose appropriate nurseries, kindergartens, schools, universities, day care centres
- Provide information about the public, semi private and private educational centres
- Explanation of the spanish educational system
- International and bilingual schools
- Local schools
- Higher education
- School hunting, identify the appropriate schools
- School comparisons and shortlist to help you narrow down your choice
- Research availability of places
- Organize appointments with directors
- Accompany to appointments
- Assist with the enrolment process, application, form and registration
- After school activities search and enrolment
- Obtaining free transportation card for kids
Check in
- Coordinate arrival date and collection of keys
- Report with photos, about general inspection, property condition, safety matters, inventory
- Utilities: registration, connection, safety certificates, meter reading, billing changes: water, electricity, gas, telephone, internet, satellite TV
- Insurance registration
- Alarm registration
- Furniture assembly and unpack service
- Setting up TV, internet and telephone lines including mobile phones
- INCASOL: Registration of the rental contract in government offices
- ITPAJD tax: registration and payment (property transmission tax)
Settling in services
House matters
- Errand services read more here
- Parking lease, parking zone
- Furniture: rental, pick up, delivery, assembly / dismantling, packaging / unwrapping
- Housekeeping, maid service, daily cleaning, domestic service
- Waste management
- Babysitters
- Tenancy management
- Dry cleaning, laundry
- Property maintenance. Recommendation for a handyman.
- Utilities repair assistance water, electricity, gas, TV, internet
- Neighbour’s community legal assistance
- Local area map and guides
- Shops and shopping centres
- Home decor and interior design
- Storage services
- Post office
- Public transport options, transport pass. (Bus, train, tramway, taxi, Uber, Cabify, bicycle, motorcycle)
- Tollway, tollway cards
- Activities for children
- Sport clubs, gym enrolment, public or private
- Religious establishments
- Familiarization tours
- Addresses
- Holidays
- Local time
- Mealtimes
- Optening time and working hours
- Postal services
- Tipping
- Tobacconists
Registration
Providing a list of documents and assistance for completion of the required forms for the following procedures
City hall:
Census registration (“empadronamiento”); street parking pass registration
Health:
Local public health care system, european health care card, health insuranceConsulate:
Social security: number
Tax office (IRS): self employee registration (“autónomo”)
Traffic office: driving license, change your foreign license for a Spanish one. Vehicle import and registration
Civil registry:
marriage certificates, birth certificates, criminal records
Family allowance:
Comunicaciones al Ministerio de Trabajo
House maintenance
If you don’t permanently reside in your house in Spain we can provide the following services for you:
- Assistance in case of repair of water, electricity or gas installations
- Recommendation for a handyman
- Keep a spare set of keys in case of forgotten or lost keys
- Organize cleaning in your behalf
- Regular visits to the property to check for possible problems
- Check mailbox in case of any important or urgent mail
- Take care that all is working well: internet, alarm, electricity, hot water, etc.
- Any other service can be required
Professional services
Aplausos works with preferred partners to give you the best rates and the best service.
- Doctors and dentists that speak your language
- Banking options and support setting up account
- Insurance: for car, house, motorbike, health, life, death, third party lieability, legal aid, etc.
- Renting: car, motorcycle, bicycle, purchase, renting, assistance
- Accountant services, Beckham law application
- Lawyer services, legal assistance
- Documents translation, legalization and apostil
Inmigration services
- Applications, renewals, extensions, certificates, translations, legalizations and apostil
- Visas, all kind of visa applications
- Work permits application at the Spanish embassy in the country of origin
- Resident card, residence permits for Non Europeans
- NIE Número Identificación Extranjero Miembro UE (Foreign Identity Number for EU members)
- TIE Tarjeta Identificación Extranjero No Miembro UE (Identity Number for non EU members)
- Nationality application, citizenship
- Family reunification
- Invitation letter for visitors
- Brexit: related legal assistance
- Golden visa: if you want to invest 500.000 € in Spanish property
- Non-profit temporary residence ("Residencia temporal no lucrativa")
- Documents translation, legalization and apostil
Partner assistance
We can assist your spouse or partner in his/her integration, including job search tools, shopping tips, special interest organizations, and key contacts
We offer the following:
- Parner events: organize events free of charge for our clients in order to share experiences, get to know other families and get support and advice in how to interact with the Spanish culture
- Facilitate assessment of qualifications and further certification as required, relative to local requirements.
- Resume development / update
- Coordinated course of action for job search or suitable deployment
- Introductions: recruitment consultants; networking opportunities
- Interview coaching and support
- Development of interview techniques and negotiation skills
- Introduction to alternate opportunities such as volunteering, further education
Pet assistance
Do you have a family of furry friends? Before you move to Spain, it is essential you know the requirements on importing pets. The country has certain restrictions on the importation of pets and animals that you may not be used to, including quarantine laws. Therefore, it is important that you prepare for the move well ahead of time. This will give you plenty of time to get all the required documents in order to avoid any delays or disappointment in the long run.
We find the best service for your pet while you are traveling, on vacation, working or just don´t have the time for that long walk with the dog...we find the safest choice for your pet!
- Pet passport
- Vaccination certificate & microchip ID process
- EU health certificate process
- Veterinarian recommendations
- Pet boarding, day care & in house arrangements
- Dog walking
- Dog residences
- Your pet may need to visit a vet and local kennel before travelling to the airport before reaching your new home. Quarantine may be required
Check out - Departure
- Contract: cancellation notice, last payments to be done, deposit return
- Furniture disassembling and packaging
- Cleaning and repairs advice and follow up
- Utilities: deregistration and disconnection, meter reading, billing changes: water, electricity, gas, telephone, internet, TV
- Insurance deregistration
- Alarm deregistration.
- Chek out report with photos, general inspection, property condition, inventory
- Post office: have your postal mail forwarded to your new home
- Arrange hotel for temporary accommodation until date of departure
Property management for landlords
- Listing our services and fees in an agreed contract
- Drawing up a rental contract
- Drawing up an inventory. Report with photos and properties condition
- Informing your rights and obligations as a landlord
- Assistance with preparation of the property for tenants
- Advertise property
- Deale with estate agents
- Vetting possible tenants
- Deale with deposits and guarantees
- Being present at contract signature
- Changing payment details for utilities
- Liaising between owners and tenants during the rental period
- Dealing with essential repairs etc. during the rental period
- Careful checking of the property, on departure of tenants, against the initial report and inventory
- Monitoring the return of the damage deposit / guarantee and withholding funds for damage
- Reading meters and dealing with outstanding utility bills
- Manage living items such as linen and furniture
- Manage maintenance issues
- Manage uncollected mail
Business relocation
Employing foreign professionals can bring great gains to a company, but involves a number of practical challenges.
We can help your HR team to settle new staff into the city quickly so they can focus on their new job
We offer tailor-made solutions to fit the corporate culture and specific needs of our clients. Our packages are adaptable to all budgets and requirements.
We can help your HR team to settle new staff into the city quickly so they can focus on their new job
We offer tailor-made solutions to fit the corporate culture and specific needs of our clients. Our packages are adaptable to all budgets and requirements.
- Everything to manage international expansion
- Virtual office: We give your business a prestigious physical address.
- Work and office spaces: Meeting rooms, private desks, co working spaces per day, week, or month
- Virtual receptionist: We take and transfer your phone calls
- Introduce various professional companies (accountant, lawyer, tax expert, etc.)
- Support for foreign investors and business landing.
- Business creation entrepreneurs
- Business support office
- Finding offices and premises
Knowing Barcelona
- Culture and entertainment:
- Museums and art galleries
- Music and dance
- Theatres
- Libraries
- Sport and other live events
- Beaches
- Parks and gardens
- Restaurants
- Nightlife
- Shopping: Food and groceries. Municipal markets
- Language classes
Cultural Training:
Our local culture experts introduce you to the etiquette, ways of thinking, and traditions of the country you want to integrate into. Ask questions about the new culture, and learn its peculiarities before you face them in real life. Informative sessions or intensive courses are available according to your needs. This service is made for you, whether your job involves communication with locals or you wish to adapt sooner.
Errands, formalities & concierge
If you are already installed in Barcelona, we can do any of the above tasks for you.
Call us and we will make a special price for you.
- Telephone assistance
- Utilities (water, electricity, gas, telephone, internet, satellite, alarm)
- registration and deregistration,
- safety certificates
- meter reading
- billing changes
- Setting up TV, internet, alarm and telephone lines including mobile phones
- Alarm connection
- Insurance
- Property maintenance.
- Recommendation for a handyman.
- Repair assistance (utilities, painting, brickwork...)
- locksmiths
- Assistance in all legal matters regarding the neighbour’s community
- Expense managment: assure that everything is paid in a timely manner
- Formalities in any official office:
- city hall
- health system
- consulate
- social security
- tax office
- traffic office
- civil registry
- Documents: renewal, extensions, certificates, translations, legalizations, apostil of any document
- Validation of study titles
- If you are not in town:
- Keep a spare set of keys in case of forgotten or lost keys
- Regular visits to the property to check for possible problems
- Check the mailbox in case of any important or urgent mail
- Pay your bills
- Water your plants
- Pet: vaccination, take to the vet, dog residence
- Get in touch with expats
- Get tickets or know restaurants
- Personal shopping
Relocation online - unaccompanied
Where employees prefer to conduct their own home search, Aplausos provides all the information on your new city. It is the essential resource for an independent home search and can be supported by our consultants support, advice and information by email, chat technology or phone.
Based on your requirements we offer responsive, guiding support from one of our experienced consultants. This is a cost effective option to a full service relocation program.
Relocation Online for your destination city will inform you on:
- Money and Finance: banking; cost of living; lending rate; foreign exchange; taxation
- Property: temporary accommodation; housing style;, localities and information on renting or purchasing a home
- Online viewing and discussion of properties that suit requirements
- Settling In and Referrals: facts about relocating; support services; connecting with your new community
- Services and Utilities: local councils; electricity; gas; telecommunications; technology
- Pets and your rental property; boarding kennels; registration; vaccinations
- Travel and Transport: public transport; tollway; drivers licence; motor vehicle purchase; leasing; insurance; taxis
- Health and Medical: Public and Private health scheme; doctors and specialists; emergency care; maternity; hospitals
- Children: effects of relocating; childcare; immunization; entertainment
- Education: School calendar; special needs children; overview of Preschool, Primary , Secondary and Tertiary
- Lifestyle: Security; sport; social organisations; adult education; dining; shopping; places of worship
Prices - Packages
Our fees are always transparent without hidden costs.
We adapt to your specific budget requirements, whether you are “comfortable” or a millennial student without backing: we do our best to help you hack your way into the soul of the city and to maximise your gain.
You can choose between a complete package that covers all your needs upon your arrival and will set you up for the long run, or a starter package that will provide you with essential help during your first month.
You can decide later to book additional services and, of course, cancel services that you no longer feel the need for.
Our pricing is very competitive in the market thanks to a very effective cost structure and a fully dedicated management.
Our pricing is very competitive in the market thanks to a very effective cost structure and a fully dedicated management.
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Foreigner resettlements for guides accomodations advice in Gava Mar.
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Expat relocation for pro condo assistance in Barcelona.
Expatriate relocations for professional condominium booking in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatriates resettle for professionals condominiums buy in Castelldefels.
Expatriation resettlement for pros condos buying in Castelldefels Platja.
Expatrie resettlements for representative flat finding in Castelldefels Playa.
Expatried relo for representatives flats hunting in Gava.
Expatries relocate for service home information in Gava Mar.
Expats relocation for services homes interview in San Cugat Del Valles.
Foreign relocations for solution house investigation in Sitges.
Foreigner resettle for solutions house abroad investment in Barcelona.
Foreigners resettlement for specialist houses lease in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatis resettlements for specialists houses abroad management in Castelldefels.
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Expatriate relocate for veterans penthouse purchase in Castelldefels Playa.
Expatriates relocation for adviser penthouses quotation in Gava.
Expatriation relocations for advisers properties recommendation in Gava Mar.
Expatrie resettle for advisor property rent in San Cugat Del Valles.
Expatried resettlement for advisors real estate rental in Sitges.
Expatries resettlements for agency residence renting in Barcelona.
Expats relo for agent residences review in Botigues De Sitges.
Foreign relocate for agents room search in Castelldefels.
Foreigner relocation for assistance rooms selection in Castelldefels Platja.
Foreigners relocations for assistant suite sell in Castelldefels Playa.
Expatis resettle for assistants suites shopping in Gava.
Expat resettlement for booking townhouse solution in Gava Mar.
Expatriate resettlements for boutique townhouses visit in San Cugat Del Valles.
Expatriates relo for boutiques villa acquisition in Sitges.
Expatriation relocate for broker villas administration in Barcelona.
Expatrie relocation for brokerage accomodation advice in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatried relocations for brokers accomodations analysis in Castelldefels.
Expatries resettle for companies apartment appointment in Castelldefels Platja.
Expats resettlement for company apartments assistance in Castelldefels Playa.
Foreign resettlements for consultant condo booking in Gava.
Foreigner relo for consultants condominium buy in Gava Mar.
Foreigners relocate for contact condominiums buying in San Cugat Del Valles.
Expatis relocation for contacts condos finding in Sitges.
Expat relocations for couch flat hunting in Barcelona.
Expatriate resettle for couches flats information in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatriates resettlement for couching home interview in Castelldefels.
Expatriation resettlements for council homes investigation in Castelldefels Platja.
Expatrie relo for counselor house investment in Castelldefels Playa.
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Expatries relocation for expert houses management in Gava Mar.
Expats relocations for expertise houses abroad preselection in San Cugat Del Valles.
Foreign resettle for experts housing purchase in Sitges.
Foreigner resettlement for guidance penthouse quotation in Barcelona.
Foreigners resettlements for guide penthouses recommendation in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatis relo for guides properties rent in Castelldefels.
Expat relocate for partner property rental in Castelldefels Platja.
Expatriate relocation for partners real estate renting in Castelldefels Playa.
Expatriates relocations for pro residence review in Gava.
Expatriation resettle for professional residences search in Gava Mar.
Expatrie resettlement for professionals room selection in San Cugat Del Valles.
Expatried resettlements for pros rooms sell in Sitges.
Expatries relo for representative suite shopping in Barcelona.
Expats relocate for representatives suites solution in Botigues De Sitges.
Foreign relocation for service townhouse visit in Castelldefels.
Foreigner relocations for services townhouses acquisition in Castelldefels Platja.
Foreigners resettle for solution villa administration in Castelldefels Playa.
Expatis resettlement for solutions villas advice in Gava.
Expat resettlements for specialist accomodation analysis in Gava Mar.
Expatriate relo for specialists accomodations appointment in San Cugat Del Valles.
Expatriates relocate for veteran apartment assistance in Sitges.
Expatriation relocation for veterans apartments booking in Barcelona.
Expatrie relocations for adviser condo buy in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatried resettle for advisers condominium buying in Castelldefels.
Expatries resettlement for advisor condominiums finding in Castelldefels Platja.
Expats resettlements for advisors condos hunting in Castelldefels Playa.
Foreign relo for agency flat information in Gava.
Foreigner relocate for agent flats interview in Gava Mar.
Foreigners relocation for agents home investigation in San Cugat Del Valles.
Expatis relocations for assistance homes investment in Sitges.
Expat resettle for assistant house lease in Barcelona.
Expatriate resettlement for assistants house abroad management in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatriates resettlements for booking houses preselection in Castelldefels.
Expatriation relo for boutique houses abroad purchase in Castelldefels Platja.
Expatrie relocate for boutiques housing quotation in Castelldefels Playa.
Expatried relocation for broker penthouse recommendation in Gava.
Expatries relocations for brokerage penthouses rent in Gava Mar.
Expats resettle for brokers properties rental in San Cugat Del Valles.
Foreign resettlement for companies property renting in Sitges.
Foreigner resettlements for company real estate review in Barcelona.
Foreigners relo for consultant residence search in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatis relocate for consultants residences selection in Castelldefels.
Expat relocation for contact room sell in Castelldefels Platja.
Expatriate relocations for contacts rooms shopping in Castelldefels Playa.
Expatriates resettle for couch suite solution in Gava.
Expatriation resettlement for couches suites visit in Gava Mar.
Expatrie resettlements for couching townhouse acquisition in San Cugat Del Valles.
Expatried relo for council townhouses administration in Sitges.
Expatries relocate for counselor villa advice in Barcelona.
Expats relocation for counselors villas analysis in Botigues De Sitges.
Foreign relocations for expert accomodation appointment in Castelldefels.
Foreigner resettle for expertise accomodations assistance in Castelldefels Platja.
Foreigners resettlement for experts apartment booking in Castelldefels Playa.
Expatis resettlements for guidance apartments buy in Gava.
Expat relo for guide condo buying in Gava Mar.
Expatriate relocate for guides condominium finding in San Cugat Del Valles.
Expatriates relocation for partner condominiums hunting in Sitges.
Expatriation relocations for partners condos information in Barcelona.
Expatrie resettle for pro flat interview in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatried resettlement for professional flats investigation in Castelldefels.
Expatries resettlements for professionals home investment in Castelldefels Platja.
Expats relo for pros homes lease in Castelldefels Playa.
Foreign relocate for representative house management in Gava.
Foreigner relocation for representatives house abroad preselection in Gava Mar.
Foreigners relocations for service houses purchase in San Cugat Del Valles.
Expatis resettle for services houses abroad quotation in Sitges.
Expat resettlement for solution housing recommendation in Barcelona.
Expatriate resettlements for solutions penthouse rent in Botigues De Sitges.
Expatriates relo for specialist penthouses rental in Castelldefels.
Expatriation relocate for specialists properties renting in Castelldefels Platja.
Expatrie relocation for veteran property review in Castelldefels Playa.
Expatried relocations for veterans real estate search in Gava.